---
title: "Disable Filezilla Server Interface on Startup"
slug: "disable-filezilla-server-interface-on-startup"
updated: 2026-07-07T23:49:17Z
published: 2026-07-07T23:49:17Z
canonical: "docs.serversaustralia.com.au/disable-filezilla-server-interface-on-startup"
---

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# Disable Filezilla Server Interface on Startup

Windows doesn't come with a good FTP program built in. Fortunately you can download and install Filezilla FTP server on Windows, which is a free, highly configurable FTP server. [**https://filezilla-project.org/**](https://filezilla-project.org/)

One of the small annoyances of it though, is that it will pop up every time you start a new session on the server via Remote Desktop Protocol. There is an easy fix for this though! **The easy way (Version 1.0.0.0 and earlier only)** Simply go to '**Edit** ' -> '**Settings** ' -> ' **Interface** ' and Check the box '**Minimize to tray**'.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/image-1657595071030.png)

**The easy way (Version 1.0.0.0 and Later)**

On the filezilla interface select the "**Window**" option then tick "**Minimise to tray**"

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/SCR-20260209-nrue-2.png)

## **The harder way**

If the easy way just does not resolve this you can do it the slightly harder way - through registry keys **(You'll need to have administrator rights to do it this way)**. To do this, click '**Start**' and type '**regedit**'. In regedit, navigate the tree: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/SCR-20260209-nuap-2.png)On a x86 System: **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\**

On a x64 System: **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\**

You can check the location with this script;

```
PowerShellPowerShell if (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name "FileZilla Server" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    Write-Host "FileZilla is under \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run."
}

if (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\" -Name "FileZilla Server" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    Write-Host "FileZilla is under \SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\."
}
```

You should find a '*FileZilla Server Interface* ' entry. Delete the key and that's it! This will stop the interface from popping up for ALL RDP sessions and accounts.

For example:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/SCR-20260209-nzea-2.png)

**NOTE:** Disabling the interface does NOT stop the FTP server from running. The Filezilla service will still load and run the FTP server regardless if the interface has loaded or not.